Author's Notes: After reviewing my last chapter (like I always do before I begin a new chapter in order to keep my train of thoughts connected), I realized that I really could have written more. And I really would have liked to, but sometimes it's hard to put in perspective of the reader and know when enough is enough. So this chapter might be longer than the last until I finally find the perfect length (probably based on number of pages).

Also, thank you to Shainingu for being my first unanimous fan. I would also like to recommend her story to those of you who like romance. I've only read the first chapter so far, but it seems like it's going to be really cute. (It's the one about Christmas), but I'm sure the rest of her stories are really good, too.

Now, it's time for Inuyasha! cheers for shortest intro author note so far

Chapter 4: Showdown with Hakudoushi

'I will kill Naraku with my own claws, no matter what,' thought Sesshoumaru. 'I will not be made a fool of by an inferior demon.'

Jakken was lost in thought at that moment as well. 'Sesshoumaru sure seems to be intent on killing Naraku. He seems very angry that Naraku made him go through so much inconvenience.' He took a look back at the little girl accompanying them on Ah-Un's back. 'Or perhaps he really does just care about that child. And if that's so, maybe he really cares about me too!' He began gazing off with a twinkle in his eye at the thought of being held precious to Sesshoumaru's heart. However, in his moment of daydreaming, he ended up tripping and running into the back of Sesshoumaru's leg.

Sesshoumaru glared at him with a very cold look which was also influenced by his malice toward Naraku, which seemed to be directed at Jakken at that moment. Jakken quickly scrabbled to his feet and began groveling. "Forgive me, Lord Sesshoumaru. I was distracted and…. Huh?" His sentence was cut short as Sesshoumaru just kept on walking. 'Perhaps he really doesn't care about me.' He bowed his head and a sweat drop appeared on his large, bald head. Next thing he knew, he was being trampled by Ah-Un, as it followed behind Sesshoumaru with Rin on its back.

Rin looked back. "Uh? Oh! Sorry, Jakken-sama." Jakken got on his feet quickly, almost instantly, with a large pulsating lump on his head where Ah-Un just stepped on him.

"Watch where you're going next time," he screamed, flailing his arms and legs wildly for a more dramatic effect. However, like Sesshoumaru, Rin just kept walking without paying any attention to him.

He paused for a moment with a new sweat drop on his head. "She's not even paying attention," he said quietly to himself. Then he noticed how far they were getting ahead of him. "Hey! Wait up! Sesshoumaru! Rin! Wait up!" he yelled, coming after them.

Inuyasha had agreed to a day of rest. He felt pretty warn out after his last battle with Sesshoumaru and Kouga, and he thought that it might be a good idea if they rested so they can fight Naraku at full strength.

Everyone was each off doing their own thing. Shippou and Kirara went off to play and practice their techniques so that when it finally came time to fighting Naraku, they could help out some, too. "I'm still a child, but that's no excuse to not be strong," Shippou told everyone, and they all smiled and laughed a little, commemorating his bravery and determination. Well, everyone except for Inuyasha, of course:

"Keh, yeah right, Shippou. What could you possibly do that could help us defeat Naraku? You can hardly even call yourself a youkai!" Inuyasha taunted. Of course, Kagome wasn't very happy about how mean Inuyasha was being to Shippou, especially when Shippou was trying his best to be strong and help out.

"Inuyasha, sit boy!" Inuyasha, with a slight bit of sudden shock, was hurled directly into the ground and did a face plant in the dirt. Inuyasha wasn't very happy at this, of course, but before he could get out, "Why… you…" Kagome came back with another "Sit" folding her arms, knowing that as long as Inuyasha still had his rosary on, he was powerless to do anything at that moment.

As for everybody else, they decided to take it as more of a day of relaxation and fun than a day to train and become stronger. Sango decided that she would like to go pick some beautiful flowers and collect any useful herbs she found for medicine. And Miroku, of course decided that he would join her. It sounded like fun to him, of course, only because Sango was there. On the other hand, she was his fiancée, after all.

They managed to find a large, beautiful place full of lots of exotic flowers in between two of the mountains that seemed to stretch endlessly like gazing out into a colorful ocean. "Wow! I've never seen so many exotic flowers in one place before!" Sango exclaimed in an obvious excitement. Miroku wasn't really one for flowers, but he could definitely recognize beauty when he saw it, and he, too, was quite taken by the extravagant sight of the field of flowers.

"It truly is a natural wonder of beauty," he agreed. "However, not nearly as beautiful as you," he said to Sango with his usually flirty ways. Sango just blushed and looked away. Being part of a clan of taija (demon slayers) most of her life, she wasn't always good at handling flattery. Yet, the moment of flattery took a turn when Miroku's seemingly possessed hand found its way to Sango's rear.

Her face filled with uncontrolled redness, whether it was anger or her blushing, one could not tell, but either way, she turned around and slapped Miroku across the face. Miroku just put his hand to the red pulsating spot on his cheek and declared, "Ah, never will I grow tired of being slapped by you, Sango."

Sango blushed a little and wore a slightly shocked expression, which quickly turned into a gentle smile, as she took Miroku's arm to take him in the field of flowers. Miroku smiled back, as he grasped her arm in return and went with her to gather flowers.

As for Inuyasha and Kagome, since everyone else had left to do their own thing, those two were left alone by themselves. Kagome had decided to lead Inuyasha to the river next to the mountain where they could peacefully talk.

"Common, Inuyasha! This way!" She said tugging on his hand, urging him to come along, as she smiled so gently and happily that she finally could be with Inuyasha. For her, all other problems seemed to melt away. Naraku, Kikyou, Sesshoumaru, and even worrying about how to one day tell Kouga that she didn't feel the same way about him as he so compassionately felt about her. These things were all always on her mind, constantly worrying her, but for right now all of those and even her greatest worry in the world, how Inuyasha truly felt about her, just seemed to melt away because with every little gesture he made, she could tell that deep down, he felt the same way about her.

"Hey, wait a minute!" he protested. "Where exactly are you taking me?" Inuyasha said, giving a half hearted struggle to not be simply dragged around so he could spare his dignity and not appear like some kind of little puppy that Kagome was taking for a walk.

"Just wait, Inuyasha," she assured him. "We're almost there. It's just passed these trees."

By the time they arrived there, it had begun to get dark. The sun had nearly set, and only a little bit of light had escaped from over the tops of the high mountains. The sight was very beautiful, rivaling the beauty of the field of flowers that Sango and Miroku were enjoying each other's company at while picking flowers. There was a soft, rushing stream that made a peaceful rolling of water that would calm even the most evil and hating youkai, but for those who were caring and loving such as Inuyasha and Kagome, the sight was awe-inspiring. An absolutely glamorous site.

Fire flies flew up from every direction, and as they approached the rocky shores of the river, it seemed that a whole rush of them just flew up from the ground, creating a beautiful effect, almost like a wonderful dream. Also, the wind blew gently a soothing, cool air from over the water with the slight smell of night air and fish, as well as the smell of trees and dirt from the other side. It was absolutely wonderful.

"Ahh," Inuyasha began in awe. "This place is great," he said to Kagome. She, too, was drawn in by its magic.

"It's more than I could have imagined for a night like this," she told him in response. "I'm so happy this is such a perfect night," she said, excited. Inuyasha, too, was in a great mood, especially after seeing the grand place. Although he didn't do it too often because he always had to make himself appear tough, he openly smiled with appreciation at how beautiful the place was and how wonderful it was to be with Kagome this night instead of battling youkai.

Sesshoumaru truly was closing in on the location of Naraku's heart. He could tell with an undying feeling that he was finally headed in the right direction, and in no way did he doubt this feeling. He knew that this would have to be the spot.

Jakken knew it, too. After all, he was the one carrying the youki crystals that were given to them by Kagura. It seemed as though she wanted to help them, but she was made by the very person she was helping them defeat, Naraku. Why would she help them defeat her creator, Jakken thought. It's not something that was really all that important, though because no matter her intentions on helping them, she was still helping them, and Sesshoumaru was intent on going his own path no matter what happened.

Rin could almost feel her cue coming again. After being with Sesshoumaru for so long, she could always tell that there was going to be danger up ahead by Sesshoumaru's reactions. This time was no different. "Rin," Sesshoumaru said, and she replied with her usual, "Hai!" already knowing what she had to do. "I will return shortly. Until then, stay her with Ah-Un and keep away from danger." Again, she replied with a simple confirmation. "Hai." With that Sesshoumaru kept on walking, Jakken not far behind.

"Isn't this just magical?" Sango said to Miroku. "What a perfect night. There is an open breeze, a beautiful night sky, and the lovely scent of flowers feeling the air."

"It's certainly a night to remember," Miroku confirmed. "Never have I dreamed of such a better night, and only days before we are to fight Naraku, and this time destroy him for good." Sango looked away and then at the sky.

"Do you really think this will be it?" she asked him. "Do you really believe this will be the last time we will ever have to fight Naraku?" Miroku smiled gently to Sango and stole her attention away from the sky by embracing her in his arms, dropping all but one of the flowers he held in his hand and putting the last one in Sango's hair. She reached up and felt the edges of the flower with her right hand and than used it too to embrace Miroku.

"Don't worry, Sango," he assured her. "I am positive that this will be our last fight. I'm not sure how I know, but something tells me that it is."

"I sure hope you're right," she told him.

Meanwhile, Inuyasha and Kagome had been sitting side by side on the river bank watching fish swim by as they talked together. "Inuyasha," Kagome said to him.

"Huh?"

"What are we going to do once we finally destroy Naraku? I know that I've asked you before, but it seems like now we are getting very close, and this could be our final fight with him. What happens when we defeat him, and…. And…" Kagome put her head down so that her eyes were covered by here hair. She made a few suppressed sounds that distinctly sounded like only one thing…

"Kagome, are you crying?" Inuyasha asked with a good deal of concern. With that, Kagome put her arms around Inuyasha's neck, letting her whole body weight be supported by his strong figure.

"Inuyasha, what will happen to us? What will happen to you and me if we defeat Naraku? Will there be any reason for me to come back here? What if once we kill Naraku, I go back and can never come back her again? What if I'm only allowed to come her so that we can defeat Naraku?" She was very upset all of a sudden and very frightened. She clenched tightly on Inuyasha's Kimono as she continued to embrace him. Tears were running down her face and on to Inuyasha's kimono, which like water on fire, quickly dried up and disappeared.

Inuyasha smiled, not because of anything she had just said or did, but because he could tell that she really cared about him. He put his arms around her and held her tight, and in response Kagome held on to him even tighter and cried even more.

"Don't worry, Kagome," he said to her. "No matter what happens after this, I will find you again, and we will always be together, just like you stayed with me, even when I told you that as long as Kikyou was still alive, I could never forget about her." Inuyasha spoke with compassion and confidence, even though it worried him sometimes as well. He wasn't quite sure how he would do it, but if anything like that were to happen between them, Inuyasha was determined that he would find a way.

Kagome stifled her tears and looked up into Inuyasha's eyes as she used his shoulders to support her weight and push herself up. "Oh, Inuyasha," she said as she let her self fall back into a whole-hearted embrace with Inuyasha.

In the distance, not too far away, Kikyou stood on the very same cliff that Sesshoumaru was overlooking the mountains from peering on the mountains for the signs of where Naraku was hiding. She was determined to find him as well, and at the cost of her own life, she would not let him continue living. However, she knew her life was already set to end soon. She didn't have much time left on this Earth to take Naraku down, and she had to do her best to track him down and defeat him before her end finally came. She realized that the end of things was coming to an end, and despite how much she still hated Inuyasha from memories she could not let go of, deep inside, an old love was still kindling, and for only a moment, she looked up in the sky and saw his face. She blushed and then shook it off.

"No," she said allowed. "It is no longer meant to be. He is meant to be with Kagome now," she told herself. Then she walked away to begin her search for Naraku's heart.

As more time passed, Sesshoumaru could feel himself getting painfully close to Naraku's hideout where he was keeping his heart at. The youki crystal was reacting strongly, and almost all of the youki had become completely drained in it. Jakken knew that it was only a matter of minutes before they would be there, and he had to constantly remind himself that he was going to be safe because Sesshoumaru would do all of the fighting. 'And besides,' he thought to himself. 'Even if Sesshoumaru can't safe me in time, he has tenseiga! He would bring me back from the dead if anything were to happen to me.' Then he started to doubt himself. 'Wouldn't he? He cares for me right?' After contemplating it for a moment, he began to think, 'Well, he did bring me along here with him with no regards for my safety, and he surely doesn't need me to take down that weak youkai, Naraku. Maybe he really doesn't care about me, or maybe he just realizes that he could bring me back to life if I ever died and… Umph!' Jakken, lost in thought again, bumped into the back of Sesshoumaru's leg.

"Jakken," he said, followed by "Yes, Lord Sesshoumaru" from Jakken. "Keep your mind focused on what we are doing. I don't want to have to bring you back to life again," he said with his usual emotionless tone.

Jakken suddenly gave a break big smile and his eyes started to water with joy. "Oh, Sesshoumaru, you do care about me!" He ran up to him and hugged his leg. Sesshoumaru looked down at him with a cold, serious expression. Next thing Jakken knew, he was on the ground with a large, throbbing lump on his head almost completely knocked out. When he came out of it, Sesshoumaru was already far ahead. "Wait for me, Lord Sesshoumaru!" he screamed, running behind him. "I'm coming, too!"

Finally Sesshoumaru and Jakken had come to the part of the mountain where there was a cave in the mountain's edge. "Jakken."

"Yes, Lord Sesshoumaru?"

"Is this where Naraku is hiding his heart?" Sesshoumaru was concentrating his sight up toward the cave in the side of the mountain. Jakken looked down at the crystal he held in his hand.

"I can't believe it! All of the youki in this shard has completely disappeared!"

"Hm, just as I expected," Sesshoumaru said, thinking out loud.

"Hakudoushi," Naraku spoke to him. "Go give them a warm welcoming."

"Yes, I will."

Sesshoumaru's sense suddenly picked up. "Someone's coming," he said. He reached over and grabbed his tokijin out of his sash. Just then, from up above, Hakudoushi appeared before Sesshoumaru.

"Hah, so you're the great Sesshoumaru," he said in false flattery.

"You are not important," Sesshoumaru said coldly. "I don't have time to deal with weak youkai such as yourself. Move out of my way, or I will be forced to cut through you."

"Miroku…"

"What is it Sango?"

"What do you think will happen to Kohaku?" Another sad look came on Sango's face.

"Don't worry, Sango. I won't let anything happen to your brother. We will not let him die."

"Thank, Miroku." She held him close to her. Miroku, being who he was, could not help but reach down and feel her butt, but this time, she didn't seem to mind so much. It only bothered her when she wasn't in the mood, but right now, she was so taken in by the moment and the beauty of everything around her, she didn't mind much.

Eventually, their lips found each other. At first it was a sweet, gentle kiss. There first kiss. The moment had to be tender and beautiful just like it was now. It was perfect, and each of them was deeply drawn in by the moment. They looked into each other's eyes, and slowly they leaned forward again and touched lips again. Each time they would kiss again, it would become more and more passionate, until they found themselves in a very romantic position, with Miroku laying on the ground and Sango laying on top of him, while they held each other.

At the same time, Inuyasha and Kagome were also having a good time. After holding each other for a while and Kagome laying on Inuyasha's lap, Kagome's stomach had told her that she was getting pretty hungry. So she asked Inuyasha to get her some food, since her bag was left quite some ways away and she only brought matches with her and a pack of gum.

So Inuyasha jumped in the lake and started trying to catch some fish. Every time a decent sized fish would come along, Inuyasha would crouch down and pounce at it. He was always really good at fighting, but catching fish didn't seem to be his forte. He splashed in the water again and fell right on his butt. Kagome found the whole thing very amusing to watch, and he almost reminded her of a real dog. Of course Inuyasha had to say something about it making it seem like it irritated him, but he was really just happy to see her so happy, especially after how worried she had seemed just earlier.

She decided to show some sympathy for him and help him get some fish. So the both of them stood in the water on opposite banks to close in any where the fish could go in the small river, but time after time they just fell in the water and would laugh.

Finally after several attempts, they managed to catch a huge fish together. Then Kagome was going to start a fire, but her matches got all wet. 'Oh well,' she thought. 'I guess I'll just have to do things the old fashioned way.' So she grabbed two stones and some dried up leaves and made a fire. After eating the fish together, the sat by the fire and held each other with one arm and even fell asleep next to each other and letting the fire burn itself out in the middle of the night.

Sango and Miroku ended up going back to the camp they made, where they found that nobody had returned to yet, not even Shippou and Kirara who were still out training, but they didn't mind. They still liked to have alone time.

Speaking of which, Shippou and Kirara had been playing and training the whole time. They found a large hill away from the mountains and the camp completely. It wasn't too far off, but it was still far enough. It was just a large hill with a bunch of grass and a large tree with some other greenery around. It seemed kind of out of place, but still a very nice place to train.

They decided to take turns trying out their abilities and eventually turned it into a kind of game where each person would try to outdo each other, and then turned it into a game where they would use one of their attacks and the other person had to practice dodging it. They may have been training, but that didn't mean that they couldn't still have fun, they both thought. And they were.

After that, they played again of blind tag, where they closed their eyes and relied on their other senses to find each other. Kirara seemed to be a lot better at it than Shippou, but Shippou used some of his fox magic to help even out the odds. And finally, after a long day of training and playing, they decided to just sit and watch the stars to see what kind of shapes they could make out of them, but eventually, they grew so worn out that they both fell asleep on the hill.

Hakudoushi had a smug look on his face. He had an undying confidence on his face that he was going to be the one to win this fight, but as usual, Sesshoumaru was not effected by this in the least.

"Go ahead and try me," Hakudoushi taunted.

"You're a fool," Sesshoumaru said as he raised his tokijin slightly readying to attack. It suddenly became very apparent to Sesshoumaru that his sword wasn't going to have any affect on Hakudoushi and that he wouldn't be able to use his attacks. Somehow, his swords youki was being neutralized.

"You see now?" said Hakudoushi. "Your weapons are useless against me."

"Ridiculous," Jakken said, stepping in. "Sesshoumaru's tokijin shall tear you apart." During this, Sesshoumaru's expression had not changed at all.

"What he says is true," Sesshoumaru told Jakken, putting away tokijin. "Something here keeps my sword from working. And my own youki seems to be no good here either."

"What? But Lord Sesshoumaru…" However, Jakken was interrupted.

"Jakken, go find the source of this in that cave and destroy it," he told him. Then he directed his attention toward Hakudoushi. "As for you, I don't need my youki to destroy the likes of you." Jakken went off on his way to the cave.

Sesshoumaru darted straight for Hakudoushi from ground level to match his altitude as he hovered in the air. He began swinging punches and kicks as well as slashing his claws through the air at Hakudoushi, but to no avail. Hakudoushi effortlessly dodged all of his blows with little effort. "Now my turn." Hakudoushi swung his weapon toward Sesshoumaru which caused a yellow energy (youki) to come off the end of it. Sesshoumaru blocked it with his arm and deflected it.

"It seems you have some trick to negate these youki draining effects," he said to him.

Naraku's began to worry. He had never expected for Sesshoumaru to send Jakken out to destroy the heart, but there wasn't much Hakudoushi could do since he would surely be destroyed and need time to heal himself back to new if he turned his back on Sesshoumaru to protect the heart. He had to send for Kohaku.

Meanwhile, Kohaku was sitting on a nearby side of the mountain when one of Naraku's insects had come for him. "Huh? You want me to follow you and protect the heart?"

Jakken quickly made his way up the side of the mountain. He was having difficulty just keeping his grip on the steep edge of the mountain. He thought that he would never make it. 'Just keep moving,' he thought to himself. 'You must do this for Sesshoumaru.' Then, he saw a figure go into the cave. It almost looked like a young boy in armor. However, it caused him to be distracted enough that he lost his grip and fell.

"Useless," Sesshoumaru said allowed. Jakken felt a little hurt by his harsh words, but he had to keep going, he quickly started going up the cliff again, faster than the first time.

Sesshoumaru continued to battle Hakudoushi. Neither of them seemed to be able to land a single blow, and without his youki, Sesshoumaru seemed to be having more difficulty than he thought he felt he should which began to frustrate him a little. He kept his calm composure though.

'How can he keep his youki in this place where it is draining all of this Sesshoumaru's youki? Surely I am greater than him, but he is using some trick to be unaffected by it.' Then he noticed something odd. 'Each time I have seen Naraku fight, he only used his barrier when he was attacked and didn't keep it up all the time. This kid is the same as Naraku, yet he keeps his barrier up constantly. Perhaps that barrier is what keeps his youki from draining.' Sesshoumaru's eyes slowly moved from Hakudoushi to tenseiga, which as though it had just read Sesshoumaru's mind began to pulsate. 'This blade that my father gave me seems to be not quite as useless as I thought it was after all.' With that, he pulled it out of its sheath, and almost like magic, it acted on its own, rotating so that the point was directed upward, and it suddenly stopped right in front of Sesshoumaru, floating in the middle of the air and produced a blue barrier completely surrounding Sesshoumaru.

"I see you figured it out," said Hakudoushi to Sesshoumaru. "But you will still never be able to defeat me as long as my heart is still in healthy condition." Sesshoumaru gave a cold stare to Hakudoushi as he always did to everyone he would gaze at. He drew his tokijin which regained its youki inside the barrier, and Sesshoumaru, too, replenished his own youki.

"Then you and Naraku are more like each other than I first thought. I will insure your death and offer you no escape." Sesshoumaru lifted his sword above his head and began to charge it with Youki.

Jakken quickly made his way up the rest of the hill. Gasping for air, he got to his feat and prepared to destroy the heart, but just as he got there, he was able to witness Kohaku betraying Naraku and slicing through the heart.

'My heart!' Hakudoushi's eyes filled with a great fear and no longer had any trace of the huge confidence he had not but a few moments ago. 'Now I am surely going to die.' He could tell that there was no escaping his death.

Naraku, too, could feel that his heart was now gone, and there was no escaping his death if he were not to be careful in fighting against his opponents. He would now have to destroy them very soon or he might be destroyed himself. 'Kohaku,' he spoke to him through his mind. 'You betrayed me.'

The shard Naraku had put in Kohaku's back suddenly began to be controlled and looked almost like it was moving on its own. The shard came out of his back with a bunch of blood, and flew out of the cave to where someone could only assume was Naraku.

As for Kohaku, with the shard no longer in his back and his weapon still in Naraku's heart, he fell to the ground and didn't move any more. Kanna, despite Jakken's efforts to kill her with his two-heads staff was also able to slip away. However, unfortunately for Hakudoushi, he was seconds away from dying.

Sesshoumaru summoned his swords strongest attack, which he thought of as overkill for someone not worthy to be his opponent. "Ougi! Souryuuha!" A twisting energy of blue light came out of his tokijin and headed straight for Hakudoushi in a twister of four pillars of youki. Hakudoushi's presence after that was completely erased.

And as for everyone else still fast asleep, they had no idea what had just taken place.

Author's notes: Well, this is obviously my longest chapter so far. It takes up 10 pages on MWord, and I'm still writing the Author's Notes. So I hope I didn't overdo it, but when I review it to write my next chapter, I will know if I wrote too much or if I feel that I can still write more in each chapter before I would lose the readers undivided attention.

Tell me what you think. Is it too long, too short, just right (not a child's story here about bears and a little girl, lol.)? Oh, I almost forgot some chapter notes:

-Ougi: Ougi is a Japanese word meaning Final attack or strongest attack, possibly better translated to finishing move. It is specifically such an attack for a weapon, and I've never seen it being used to describe a person's own killing moves or whatnot in any anime I've seen.

Sesshoumaru says this in the third movie when he introduces the Souryuuha (also known as dragon strike). And for those of you who have seen the same Japanese translation as I have, you should understand this fairly well. It's often translated as "Behold" in English translations, even in the most recent game, which I was bummed to find that you can't put it on Japanese voices, but I'm quite certain that is what he says in the Japanese version since it matches the anime.

Also, I wanted to make a quick note to all the perverts out there. Although the position that Miroku and Sango got in after having some good quality time together and sharing their first kiss was rather sexually suggestive, I did not intend in anyway to make it seem as though they were going to have intercourse, and I would be happy to inform you that they were just being romantic. So stfu.

Thanks everyone for reading this far and I hope you continue reading. I know that there have already been 14 people to read through my third chapter which was just posted very late last night in the early AM. And that makes me happy that my work is interesting enough to continue reading. Please leave reviews. I like to know my readers a little better and it's an awesome confidence boost. And Shainingu, keep reviewing too. This Sesshoumaru appreciates it. Also, I'm going to introduce to you something new that I'm going to start doing, making it seem even more like the show other than that part in the introduction/author's notes that I do "Now time for Inuyasha" and the introduction of the chapter and name of the chapter, there of….

(Holy cow. . Like over a page of Author notes.)

Next chapter preview:

Kagome's voice:

"On the next chapter of Inuyasha…

"Naraku's heart has finally been destroyed by Kohaku. Wait! Oh no! Kohaku! Kohaku, are you okay?

"Also, whatever happened to Kagura, anyway?

"Join us for another exciting chapter of The Legacy of the Inu No Taishou!"